Tag: Death threats to priests

BISHOP UPLIFTS PRIESTS WHO FACE THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND DEATH IN THE PHILIPPINES

Last year, three Catholic priests were killed in the Philippines. Last December, bishops who were perceived as opposing the ‘war on drugs’ were tagged as “useless fools” to be killed. These prompted church leaders to condemn what they describe as a “culture of violence” that has “gradually prevailed in our land.” Catholic Archbishop Socrates Villegas delivered his Maundy Thursday homily addressing these challenges.

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